About Us

Welcome to the Santa Rosa Fire Department!

Department Overview

The Santa Rosa Fire Department (SRFD) was established as a full time Fire Department in January of 1894. For more than 115 years the men and women of the Santa Rosa Fire Department have proudly served the citizens of Santa Rosa. Our Department takes great pride in our history and those that served before us. It is the work of our past and current employees that have built the professional organization our citizens enjoy today. The SRFD also serves as the Roseland Fire Protection District Fire Department through contract along with automatic aid agreements with the County of Sonoma, Rincon Valley and Bennett Valley Fire Protection Districts. Today, we have 138 dedicated employees serving our community.

Department Bureaus

Administration Bureau

Since the economic downturn in 2007, the SRFD had
budget reductions of over $2 million. During that time we had eliminated 17.5
positions. Our employees have participated in preventing further reductions
through employee concessions. As part of budget reductions, we had to rotate
fire house closures between Fire House-10, located in the Southwest, and Fire
House-11 located in the Northeast. Beginning in March of 2013 we have
secured a grant from FEMA called the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency
Response (SAFER) Grant. This grant has eliminated the rotating brown out
until March of 2015.

Operations Bureau

Our Fire Operations
Bureau manages ten fire stations strategically located around the City.
Santa Rosa's ten Fire Engines and two Truck Companies are located to
meet the City's General Plan goal of the first resource arrival within 5
minutes of dispatch 90% of the time. A secondary goal is to provide a
full assignment response to larger incidents within 8 minutes 90% of the
time. The SRFD Fire Department responds to over 21,000 responses per
year to fire, emergency medical, rescue and hazardous material
incidents.

Our Firefighters are trained to respond to
specialized rescue incidents involving water, trench collapse, confined
space and urban search and rescue. These emergencies require
specialized training, certification and equipment. Several of our
members serve as part of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue California
US&R Task Force 4. The team is deployed as part of the nation's
response to disasters within and outside the U.S. Each fire engine is
staffed with a Firefighter trained as a Paramedic. The Paramedic
provides advanced life support services. This program is funded in part
through a private public partnership with American Medical Response.

Fire Prevention Bureau

Our Fire
Prevention Bureau personnel provide fire prevention services including
fire code permitting, hazardous materials management, weed and
vegetation management, fire investigation and community outreach
services. Our Fire Prevention Bureau has a long standing relationship
with the development community. We have developed specific standards,
plan review and inspection checklists to assist developers and
contractors proactively to have access to the established requirements.
These standards are online and available from our support staff. The
Fire Prevention Bureau is partially funded by fees which are paid for by
those requesting our services which helps reduce our need for general
funds. The Bureau manages volunteers who assist in providing community
education and outreach in the areas of fire prevention, CPR, and other
lifesaving skills.

Our Goals

I am proud to have been selected to lead as the Fire Chief as we move forward. Our employees are dedicated to providing exceptional service to our community. Their efforts make a difference within our community every day whether it is responding a medical emergency, teaching preschool children to call 911 during an emergency, fighting a fire to protect a residents life and property, responding to a residents fire safety complaint, conducting a fire inspection to identify possible fire hazards or helping a business owner obtain their fire permit.